Excellence high schools play a key role in upgrading the national education system and improving its outcome, through the adoption of a qualitative approach and creation of competition at the different levels of education.
The excellence high school of Nouadhibou has achieved significant results in national competitive examinations and scored high percentage of students who passed exams with outstanding marks at both the primary and secondary levels.
In this context, the manager of the excellence high school of Nouadhibou, Mr. Cheikh Emoud Ould Amar, said, in a statement to the Mauritanian News Agency, that the creation of this school aims at upgrading the performance of public education by enforcing a qualitative approach and improving the educational system and its outcomes, particularly for the outstanding students.
He added that the admission to this quality education requires a placement test and obtaining a grade point average of 14 out of 20, while the secondary level entails the middle-school diploma.
He pointed out that this approach has spawned a remarkable addition, creating an atmosphere of positive competition between students to raise their grades, which had given more discipline, seriousness, and active mobility to the national education systems.
Afterward, the high school principal reviewed the results obtained by the students in the national competitive examinations and their rankings in baccalaureate and Science Olympiads.
He praised the role played by the office of the parents’ association that helped address the challenges facing the school, which are now being resolved by constructing 18 classrooms, preparation of a laboratory, and the improvement of the school environment.
On his part, the responsible in charge of the parents ‘association, Mme Tekber Mint Hamoud, noted that the office follows the rhythm of the educational curriculum in its all aspects, which, according to her, contributed to the improvement of levels.
She added that, with the collaboration of the school, some challenges were met after the influx of new students registered by the school.